Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | April 24, 2020

“We must learn to be equally good at what is short and sharp and what is long and tough.” —Winston Churchill

Thanks to Mathias Vermeulen, I’ve recently fallen down the #NoCode rabbit hole exploring all sorts of tools and tricks for connecting apps to do some pretty amazing things. (You should see what he’s doing!) I don’t think it is amazing but I’m experimenting with a new process for putting together this weekly collection. What do you think? Better or worse? I’d love your feedback

Happy Friday and as always, thanks for reading.

What I’m Listening To: My daughter is trying to update my musical tastes and turned me onto Alec Benjamin this week, so that is what I’m spinning today.

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Research shows that what distinguishes high performers in every field is that they have larger and more diversified personal networks. Leadership today is helping make our networks smarter. Harold Jarche’s PKM model is a great way to start.

What is Working Out Loud? — www.youtube.comWOL changes the way you relate to yourself, to others & to the work you do. This video describes how the method works, and the benefits for you & your organiziation.

There is of course more to being intelligent than using the latest technologies; how we interact with others is a crucial element of how smart we are in practice. Intelligence is social and arises in communities and communication. The world has never been a more networked place, and yet schools and workplaces still focus on individuals. That needs to change.

In this short piece, you’ll hear how top professionals encourage the steps to great work—by creating a fair bit of rubbish along the way. This reminds me of my all-time favorite thing from Ira Glass about the creative gap.

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